Retired Marine earns respect through diversity
February 29, 2012 — Regardless of his skin color, Frank Marlowe’s parents taught him to strive to always do his best and try to be better than those around him. “My parents always encouraged us to go for what we wanted,” said Marlowe, a retired Marine and a heavy mobile equipment mechanic inspector aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.February is recognized MORE
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Crafting offers outlet for creative contributors
February 29, 2012 — They say idle hands are the devil’s workshop. Can the opposite be said for hands being put to use?The base library, McTureous Hall, now offers an outlet for members of the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow community to exercise their creative muscles with a club called “Crafting for a Cause”. The semi-monthly get-together is open to everyone MORE
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Maintenance Center Barstow gets new name
February 24, 2012 — Hundreds of employees gathered in a warehouse aboard the Yermo annex of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Feb. 23, to watch a live-feed broadcast from Albany, Ga., of the Marine Depot Maintenance Command activation ceremony. The ceremony officially combined the Maintenance Centers at Albany, Ga. and Barstow, Calif. under a single headquarters MORE
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Relief and appointment ceremony inducts new sergeant major
February 16, 2012 — Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow received a new sergeant major in a relief and appointment ceremony at Sorensen Field, Feb. 10. Sgt. Maj. Donovan G. White Jr. of Winter Haven, Fla., relinquished his post as MCLB’s sergeant major to Sgt. Maj. Richard Charron.At the relief and appointment ceremony, Col. Daniel P. Ermer, base commanding officer, MORE
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Multipurpose room is open for business aboard MCLB Barstow
February 15, 2012 — A large multipurpose room at the Hobby Shop has opened its doors aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.About 30 people turned out Feb. 10 to watch as Maj. Jason L. Kendall, executive officer, MCLB Barstow, cut the red ribbon on the front doors of the new 1,800 square foot multipurpose room at the Hobby Shop building 375.Kendall explained that MORE
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CDC open house exhibits new teaching tech
February 9, 2012 — While our generation finds items like slate tablets or the abacus to be teaching tools of the past, the next generation may start to find our chalk boards and audiotapes primitive. The Child Development Center aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow held an open house Jan. 24, to all employees of the base to showcase many programs the CDC has to MORE
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New ROICC for Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is well-traveled mustang
February 9, 2012 — The newest Navy officer aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow joined the service in part to become a U.S. citizen, and also to see the world.“Like the ads say it’s not just a job but an adventure,” said Lt. Cmdr. Raymond H. Oviedo, the new Resident Officer in Charge of Construction aboard the base.The native of Baguio City, Philippines, came MORE
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MCI West names Barstow Marine NCO of the quarter
February 9, 2012 — Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a phone call or send data over the web on a daily basis?Well for the employees aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, it’s all possible because Sgt. Chadlin Ostrander works continuously throughout the day making sure communication is never ceased.As an asset manager with Headquarters Battalion, MCLB MORE
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Marines take break from NFL to enjoy Lingerie Football
February 9, 2012 — When “the boys” get together to watch “the game,” for Sunday night football, they expect to see large male athletes kicking the field goal as time expires to send the game into overtime.When the members of the Single Marine Program aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow attended the Lingerie Football League Eastern and Western Conference MORE
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Marine Corps Installations Command commanding general visits MCLB Barstow
February 9, 2012 — The commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Command, Maj. Gen. James A. Kessler, visited service members and civilian employees on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Feb. 2.As the single authority of all Marine Corps installations matters, MCICOM exercises command and control of MCI via regional commanders in order to provide oversight, MORE
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